President Donald Trump said that even as U.S. tech giants are winning the AI race, the massive power requirements of these data centers should not increase the electricity bill for the average American. According to the president’s Truth Social post, his team will work with American tech companies so that they can continue with their AI advancements without passing on increased electricity costs due to the limitations of the national grid.
Microsoft is the first company that the White House will work with to address this issue. “First up in Microsoft, who my team has been working with, and which will make major changes beginning this week to ensure that Americans don’t “pick up the tab” for their POWER consumption, in the form of paying higher Utility bills,” Trump said. “We are the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, and Number One in AI. Data Centers are key to that boom, and keeping Americans FREE and SECURE but, the big Technology Companies who build them must “pay their own way.” Because of this, Redmond just announced a five-point plan that promises to build “community-first AI infrastructure.”
